After everyone entered the house and sat down, the maid put two futons at the feet of the old lady, Xiahou Ting and Dong Yuniang knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and the old lady smiled and nodded.

After drinking the tea served by the Dong family, Mama Chen took out a box, and the old lady took out a pair of blood jade bracelets from it, pulled the Dong family to wear it on her wrist and said: A piece of jade that the old marquis found when he was alive, I later asked a craftsman to polish it a few pairs of bracelets, your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law have them, and you keep this pair. ”

After Dong's thanks, he met Xiahou Lin, and then met with the Lin family and the Wang family, and the Lin family and the Wang family also gave their own meeting gifts. Next are a few juniors.

Dong prepared a box of beaded flowers for each lady, and prepared a golden hairpin for each of the young ladies.

The golden hairpin is not unusual, but the exquisite thing is that the top of each hairpin has created a variety of realistic flower shapes according to the love of each lady, which can be regarded as well-intentioned.

Xiahou Shuang's is the shape of a frost flower, and Xiahou Jing's is a peony, and both of them felt novel and thanked them slightly after receiving it.

The youngest fourth lady, Xiahou Yu, was in the shape of a blooming peach blossom, and Xiahou Yu rubbed it in her hand and asked, "Third aunt, how do you know that I love peach blossom cakes?"

Everyone was amused, and the old lady waved her hand and smiled: "You glutton, come, come to grandmother and give you something to eat." ”

Xiahou Yu ran over, snuggled in the arms of the old lady, eating a piece of crystal peony cake and forgetting the question he had just asked.

In Xiahou Yan's absence, Dong gave the meeting gift to the Lin family, and said, "Wait until another day to visit the third lady." ”

Seeing that Dong's etiquette was quite in place, Lin couldn't find fault with anything, and thanked Dong after accepting it.

The Dong family gave gifts to several sons, but Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Ze were not there, so they had to give them later.

What was given to Xiahou Bo was a set of valuable emblems, and Xiahou Bo's heart was red with joy and excitement, but he only thanked him for holding the old city one by one.

Xiahou Guang was young, and the Dong family gave him a pair of long-life locks, and the Yu family didn't expect the third lady to be so generous, and thanked him again and again.

Seeing this, the corners of Wang's mouth twitched and said: "My brother and sister are really generous, and my mother's family is worthy of being a chaebol on the rich side." ”

Dong didn't seem to understand Wang's cynicism and said with a faint smile: "These mundane things may have some value in our eyes, but in the eyes of children, they may not be as good as eating to make them happy, money is used by people, and these things outside the body are not as valuable as the liveliness and cuteness of the fourth son." ”

After speaking, he pulled Xiahou Guang's little hand, and Xiahou Guang didn't recognize his life, babbling and babbling words that he didn't understand.

After hearing this, Wang pouted: "My brother and sister are really generous." ”

The old lady listened to Wang's words, a little dissatisfied, but the room full of people did not have a seizure, raised her eyelids and asked, "How's the dinner ready?"

A maid replied, "It's ready." ”

Hearing this, the old lady beckoned everyone to have dinner together,

Two tables were opened, and the ladies sat together with the old lady. The old lady was afraid that the Dong family would not be accustomed to the taste when she first arrived, so she instructed the cook to add more dishes from her hometown in Jiangnan, and everyone ate quietly.

After everyone finished eating and dispersed, Xiahou Ting and Dong stayed in the old lady's room to talk together.

The old lady looked at Xia Houting and said, "You have been gone for more than three years this time, although you often have correspondence, but you are not as good as being by your side, what are your plans to come back this time?"

Xia Houting said: "Let my mother worry, I won't leave after I come back this time." ”

The old lady smiled: "You don't want to trick me, an old woman. ”

Xiahou Ting hurriedly waved his hand: "How dare I lie in front of my mother, in the past, because some business outside was unstable, I needed to keep an eye on it from time to time, but now it is basically stable, so I don't have to go out often when I come back this time." ”

The old lady nodded: "Well, that's very good. ”

Then he turned his gaze to the Dong family and said: "Although the two of you have visited the church, but the people in the clan and the ladies of the various mansions have never seen you, I will be the master to find someone to calculate the date, and set a banquet for the mansions in half a month, and then you will come out to meet you, and this set of etiquette will be completed." ”

After Xia Houting and Dong listened to it, they got up with a smile and saluted the old lady and said, "Yes, it is arranged by my mother alone." ”

The old lady nodded with satisfaction, and said another conversation, and the two of them went back to Xia Pavilion to rest.

On the morning of the second day, Xiahou Shuang finally saw his second brother Xiahou Ze, and when Xiahou Ze saw Xiahou Shuang's eager appearance, he smiled and said: "I know what my sister wants to ask, and I have done it, if I can't do it, I am embarrassed to come back to see my sister." ”

Xiahou Shuang smiled embarrassedly and flattered: "Yes, as soon as the second brother makes a move, everything is at his fingertips." ”

Xiahou Ze was arrogant like a rooster that had won a battle, and said with his head held high and his chest held high: "Send your people and Gao Qing to pick up people together." ”

Xiahou Shuang didn't think it was funny when he looked at him, but he felt that the second brother like this was what he should be at his current age, and because of his previous life, he thought too much on weekdays and lacked the happiness he should have at his current age.

Xiahou Shuang immediately called Wang Chong and instructed him and Gao Qing to take Master Luo back.

didn't let Xiahou Shuang wait longer, Wang Chong quickly came back with the two of them.

Master Luo, who is in his fifties and named Luo Qin, is quite neat, and when he saw Xiahou Shuang, he knelt down and kowtowed, and Xiahou Shuang bowed to him and asked, "Luo Qin, why did you go to prison?"

In fact, the reason why Luo Qin entered the prison, Xiahou Shuang had already learned from Luo Rui's mouth, but now he deliberately asked again.

Luo Qin replied in fear: "Because the old owner died, the younger brother of the new owner thinks that it is unfair to divide the family. He thinks that the store I manage should be his, and if he asks for it, he will frame me for stealing his things. ”

"The government arrested me, and the new owner only cared about fighting with his younger brother, and had no time to care for me. If it weren't for the eldest lady reaching out to help, my old bones would have died in the cell. ”

After speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed, and Xiahou Shuang motioned for him to get up: "If you want to say thank you, it's thanks to my second brother." ”

Luo Qin was about to kneel down for Xiahou Ze again, but Xiahou Ze looked at the injuries on his body and said, "You just stand and reply, you don't have to kneel around." ”

Xiahou Shuang said: "Luo Qin, it just so happens that I have a cloth shop that needs manpower, I want you to take Luo Rui to take it over, how about you still be the shopkeeper?"

Luo Qin felt that this was a good thing that fell from the sky, the eldest lady rescued herself, she didn't dislike that she had been in prison, and she was willing to use herself, so she knelt down again: "The villain is willing, thank you Miss Young Master." ”

Xiahou Shuang said: "You should also thank your apprentice Luo Rui, he is grateful for his kindness, and you can come out also has his share of credit." ”

Luo Rui heard the eldest lady praise herself, and a suspicious flush appeared on her stubborn face.

Luo Qin turned his head to look at Luo Rui, his lips squirmed and he didn't say anything, just touched his head.

Xiahou Shuang instructed Wang Chong to take the two down to clean up, and prepare to take the two to the cloth shop tomorrow.